DEATH OF A UNICORN

Director: Alex Scharfman
Starring: Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd, Will Poulter, Richard E. Grant, Téa Leoni, Anthony Carrigan

Imagine Jurassic Park but with more carnage and unicorns. That’s the selling point behind Death of a Unicorn. Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega lead the film as father and daughter, Elliott and Ridley, who find themselves on a forced road trip after they have plane delays. Elliott is the lawyer for the Leopold family who are in the pharmaceutical business. Richard E. Grant plays ODell, the patriarch of the family who is dying of cancer. Before they arrive, Elliott and Ridley get into a car accident after they hit an animal. That animal is a unicorn, and Ridley seems to have a visionary connection to the animal. They take it with them to the Leopold compound, and soon they all discover the unicorn’s horn has magical powers from curing Ridley’s acne to potentially curing Odell’s cancer. The Leopold family seeks to capitalize on this new magical cure, but as we know, nature always finds a way. The film also stars Tea Leoni and Will Poulter as the other member of the Leopold family. In theaters

Here’s my review